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Install Fonts

AS ROOT:

Copy your font files (.ttf and/or .otf) to their respective directories:
```
/usr/share/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/OTF
```

Run the following commands, with the directory where you copied the fonts as argument:

mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF}
mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF}
fc-cache -f -v

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